Chinese Australians and the White Australia Policy

It’s forty five years this month since Australia recognized the People’s Republic of China and our relationship has shifted dramatically in the last four decades. We now have over a million Chinese Australians and a steady flow of tourists from the People’s Republic.

But the Chinese weren’t always welcome in Australia. Early Chinese migrants came up against the White Australia policy.

So how did these Chinese communities survive and thrive?

Sydney Ideas , hosted by the China Studies Centre : Australia and China : Before and Below the Nation recorded 24 October 2017

Speaker:

Dr Kate Bagnall ARC Research Fellow School of Humanities and Social Inquiry University of Wollongong.